Celebration Time

It’s time to celebrate! I know that it’s not completely Sanctuary related but it sort of is. Today, September 4^th, I made the final horse trailer payment! And what tops the cake, the loan is paid off one year EARLY! That’s right. I scrimped and saved and paid extra those first two years so that it wouldn’t take the full four years to pay off.

So now Momma’s Ride is completely and utterly the Sanctuary’s! Although, now that I’ve been using the big six horse trailer, I’m wishing it was a little smaller (when I’m only hauling one horse). But it has come in handy and I guess it’s never a bad investment to have a big horse trailer when you have as many horses as we do.

I have been considering going to training on evacuation or severe weather and dealing with animals (sorry, can’t think of the proper title right now).  There are no training classes in our area although I haven’t really looked. But whenever I hear in the news of a fire or some other major weather catastrophe, I take into consideration the horses we have at the Sanctuary and the number of spots available on the trailers. We have spots for 10 horses (6 horse trailer and a 4 horse stock trailer) but I’m sure we could cram more in an emergency.  Knock on wood that we’ll never have an emergency where we have to evacuate within minutes.  But it’s always a good idea to have a plan for that “just in case” moment.

There’s a lot of work to be done on the trailer to make it nice. I was putting all the money towards getting it paid off so now maybe we can put a few bucks back here and there to start making it look like a presentable trailer when we pull up instead of a hick-like as it is currently.

I did want to share a funny story. Ok, so it’s just funny to me. The 6 horse trailer is about 38 feet long. It has spots for six horses, mid tack, and an unfinished living area. I pull that bad boy with my truck, which happens to be a 2004 Ford V10 (yes it’s gas) short box (and it too is paid off, and paid off early). The setup looks a little silly but it gets the job done (and I like it so that’s all that matters). When we were on a trail ride a few weeks back, I had the big trailer hooked up and was out for a ride. While I was out, others pulled in and the stood in front of their truck, feet spread, and hands crossed looking at my setup (Mike saw it and told me). They never approached Mike but when Dad and I came back from a ride, they approached Dad and asked him how the truck handled (assuming that Dad was the owner). He sort of grunted and pointed at me (in typical Dad fashion). I think the guy was shocked that a girl was pulling such a big rig. It made me giggle inside. Yes Sir, this is my rig and I can pull it with the best of them (ok, not really but I do it anyway). The lesson from the experience, never underestimate the power of a woman.